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NTR: Request for S06 Richter Scale magnitude #8

Closed nvsvocabs closed 3 years ago

nvsvocabs commented 4 years ago

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Term name (PrefLabel)

Richter Scale magnitude

Definition

The logarithm of the amplitude of seismic waves released during a rupture of Earth's crust (earthquake), recorded by seismographs. Also known as the local magnitude scale (ML), it was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter.

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Sources/references

https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/science/earthquake-magnitude-energy-release-and-shaking-intensity?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=Richter%20scale#:~:text=The%20Richter%20magnitude%20scale%20was,of%20waves%20recorded%20by%20seismographs.

Synonym or acronym (AltLabel)

ML

Mapping to other terminologies

Migration to GP_MODEL of: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P01/current/RICHTERX/

gwemon commented 4 years ago

@danibodc - I would change "Richter scale magnitude" to "Richter magnitude scale" as this is the way it seems to be referred to in the literature.

gwemon commented 3 years ago

@danibodc Term published http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/S06/current/S0600258/